Weather strip for containers



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK .PAQUETTE, OF COTTRELLVILLE TOWNSHIP, 8'1. CLAIR COUNTY,MICHIGAN.

WEATHER STBI? FOR CONTAINERS.

Application filed October 27, 1924. Serial No. 745,988.

tion between a trunk and its lid, the weather strip being firmly heldwhereby it cannot become accidentally displaced and whereby it will bemore or less protected from the elements when sealing a lid relative toa trunk. Contributing towards the success of the weather strip is astrong and durable trunk having a lid hinged relative thereto andprovision is made to compensate for expansion and contraction of thematerial entering into the construction of the trunk.

My invention will be hereinafter described in detail and then claimedand reference will now be had to the drawings, whFerein f i re 1 is aperspective view one fonn b f automobile trunk;

Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the trunk withthe lid in an open position;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross, sectional view of a' ortion of the trunkwith the lid in the closed position;

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the lid in an openposition;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the trunk showing the hingeand a protecting shield for the hinge;

' Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of a detached weather strip;

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view illustratini a slight modification ofmy invention;

ig. 8 1s.a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the trunk withthe lid open, illustrating another form of weather strip;

Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of a portion of the trunk with the lidlosed', and

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a portion of the weather strip shown inFi 8 and 9.

Reference will first be had to igs. 1 to 6 inclusiveillustrating anautomobile trunk as a sample of a container having a lid. The trunk ispreferably made of strong and durable metal finished to present a neatand attractive appearance and the trunk comangle sloping downwardlyprises a rear wall 1, a front wall 2, end

walls 3-and a bottom wall 4. The lower edges of the walls 1, 2 and 3 areinturned to form upstanding flanges 5 which cooperate with the walls inproviding channels to receive the depending flanges 6 of the bottom wall4, which is thereby inset relative to the lower edges of the trunkwalls. The flanges 5 and 6 may be secured together and to the walls 1, 2and 3 by brazing, spot welding or any other form of connection whichwill insure a rigid and strong bottom construction for the trunk. Toprevent the bottom edges of the trunk from injuring any surface on whichit is placed and also to prevent the bottom edges of the trunk frombeing injured when the trunk is rou hly handled there are'end cleats -7riveted or otherwise connected to the bottom wall 4, as at 8, saidcleats being referably two in number with the cleats tted against theflanges 5 at the end walls 3 of the trunk.

The rear wall 1 is preferably of a greater height than the front wall 2and the end walls 3 have the upper edges thereof at an from the rearwall 1 to the front wall 2, such contributing to easy access to thebottom interior portion of the trunk. The upper edges of the walls 2 and3 terminate in lateral inturned flanges 9 and upstanding flanges 10 soas to form somewhat of a ledge at the upper edges of the three walls.

Riveted or otherwise connected to the upper ed e of the wall 1 is ahinge 11, preferably o the piano tvpe and riveted or otherwise connectedto the hinge 11 is a lid 12 having a front wall 13 and end walls 14. Thecorners of this lid and also the corners of the trunk may be protectedby corner pieces 15, and one or more locks 16 of a conventional form maybe used to secure the lid in a closed position.

The rear edge of the lid 12 has a semicylindrical overhanging shield orguard 17 fitting about the upper part of the piano hinge to prevent theelements from possibly injuring the hinge.

The lower edges of the lid walls 13 and 14 are, as best shown in Figs.3, 4 and 5 provided with inturned upstanding flanges 18 which in thisinstance constitute a holder for the flange 19 of an an lar weatherstrip 20 preferably made of 'ru her or, a compressible material. Theflange 19 is somewhat of a head so that the flanges 18 may be clenchedagainst the flange 19 to firmly hold the weather strip against the innersides of the walls 12 and 14. In addition to the' flange 19 the weatherstrip has substantially parallel compressible flanges 21 which areadapted to ride against the upstanding flanges 10 of the trunk walls 2and 3. The flanges 21 are preferably disposed at a right angle to theflange 19 and when the flanges 21 encounter the upper edges of theflanges 10, the flanges 21 are dragged downwardly over the upper edgesof the flanges 10 against the outer Walls thereof and are adapted toexert a constant pressure against the flanges 10 to seal the connectionor cap between the flanges 10 and the walls 13 and 14 of the lid 12. Thelower edges of the lid walls may contact with the lateral inturnedflanges or shoulders of the trunk walls and by reference to Fig. 3, itwill be noted that when the lid is closed the weather strip is protectedfrom the elements and provides a seal to exclude dust and other foreignmatter from entering the trunk at the juncture of the lid with the trunkbody.

Instead of the weather strip being carried by the lid, the weather strimay be carried by the flanges 10 of the trun body, as shown in Fig. 7.To hold the weather strip the flanges 10 are turned outwardly anddownwardly, as at 22, and the lid walls have perfectly flat inturnedflanges 23 providing rounded edges for the lid walls which may rideagainst the flanges 21 of the weather strip. The arrangement in Fig. 7,is practically a reversal of the elements pre iously described inconnection with Figs. 1 o 6 inelusive.

There is still another weather strip that affords a positive seal and'this strip is shown in Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive. The strip is designated24 and has a holding flange/25 disposed substantially at a right angleto scaling flanges 26 and 27, the former being of greater depth than thelatter and both flanges cooperating in forming a channel 28. The weatherstrip, as a continuous piece is mounted in three holders 29, eachidentical in construction, with each holder including an inturnedlateral flange 30 for embracing the flange 25 of the weather strip.Another flange 31 of the holder 29 is adapted to be held by pressing theflanges 18 of the lid walls in engagement with the flange 31, and byreference to Fig. 8, it will be noted that the flange 26 of the weatherstrip bears against the lid flanges 18.

l/Vhen a lid equipped with the weather strip 24 is placed in a closedposition the upstanding flanges 10 of the trunk body extend into thechannel 28 of the weather strip and when the lid is secured in a closedposition the weather strip is compressed at the bottom of the channelcausing the flanges 26 and 27 to snugly engage the trunk flanges 10. Inaddition to this sealing engagement between the flanges 10 and theweather strip the flange 26 is crowded or compressed in its holder andbetween the flanges 10 and 18, there being somewhat of a double sealwhich will exclude dust and other elements and at the same time form acushion for the lid relative to the trunk body.

It is thought that the utility of my weather strip will be apparentwithout further description, and while in the drawings there isillustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to beunderstood that the structural elements are susceptible to suchvariations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

What I claim is 1. A weather strip for a container, having a lid,comprising a strip holder adapted to be held by the container lid, and acompressible flanged strip in said holder having inner and outer flangesafl'ording a channel to receive edges of the container, and a lateralflange adapted to be held by said holder.

2. A weather strip for a container having a lid, comprising a stripholder adapted to be held by the container lid, and a compressibleflanged strip in said holder havin inner and outer flanges affording achannel to receive edges of the container, said holder being angular incross section with an inturned edge portion holding said stri 3. Aweather strip for a container aving a lid, said strip having threeflanges, one flange by which said strip is held relative to saidcontainer lid and the other flanges adapted for engagement with thecontainer.

4. A trunk having inset wall portions, a lid hinged to said trunk andadapted to close over the inset wall portions of said trunk, a holder insaid lid and held by an inturned edge of said lid, and a compressiblestrip in said holder held by an inturned edge thereof, said strip havingflanges forming a channel to receive the inset wall portions of saidtrunk.

5. A trunk as called for in claim 4 wherein one of the flanges of saidstrip is of greater depth than the other flange and adapted to becrowded between said holder and the inset wall portions of said trunk.

In testimony whereof I afflx my signature.

FREDERICK PAQUETTE.

